Vegetable slicer



March 28,1950 1 L, T. HEIN ETAL 2,502,379

VEGETABLE SLI CER Filed Sept. 12, 1947 INVENTORS LOUIS T. HElN EDWARDG.VON GO TEN BY z/ Patented Mar. 28, 1950 UNITED VEGETABLE SLICER LouisT. Hein and Edward G. von Gonten, Racine, Wis., assignors of one-thirdto Martha B. Hein,

Racine, Wis.

Application September 12, 1947, Serial No. 773,544

1 Claim. 1

Our invention refers to hand slicers for pre- Fgrmg food products suchas vegetables or the The primary object of our invention is to pro videa simple and effective one-piece, solid faced bed-pad suitably ribbedfor strength, and having an obliquely disposed depression in its facefor nesting therein an obliquely positioned shearing blade adjustable tofine or coarse slabs which may be shaved from the food product byreciprocating the same back and forth upon the face of the bed-pad.

With the above and other objects in view, which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the novel construction,combination and arrangement of parts, substantially as hereinafterdescribed, and more particularly defined by the appended claim, it beingunderstood that such changes in the precise embodiment of the hereindisclosed invention may be made as come within the scope of the claim.

In the accompanying drawings is illustrated one complete example of thephysical embodiment of the present invention constructed according tothe best mode so far devised for the practical application of theprinciples thereof.

In the drawings,

Figure 1 represents a top plan View of a slicing utensil embodying thefeatures of our invention.

Figure 2 is a bottom plan View of the same.

Figure 3 is a longitudinal sectional view, the section being indicatedby line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a cross section View of the utensil, the section beingindicated by line 4-4 of Figures 1 and 3.

Referring by characters to the drawings, I indlcates the top face of abed-pad having a downwardly flared top gripping flange 2 and sideflanges 33.

The upper working face of the bed-pad is provided with a sharplyindentured depression 4,

which depression gradually rises and merges into i the top face of thebed-pad.

In alignment with the depression 4 the side flanges 33 are provided withtransversely disposed slots 3'.

Due to the weakening of the side ribs adjacent to the slots 3' therein,the said side ribs and bottom wall of the bed have merged thereincircular ribs 3", which ribs extend about the slots as shown.

Mounted above the bed-pad recess 4' and diagonfally disposed is a blade5 beveled to a knife edge towards-"the abrupt line of said depression.The ends of the above referred to blade have downwardly extended ears6-6 which engage counter-sunk guide channels of the side flanges aboutthe slots 3 therein, whereby the blade is heldagainst wobbling in acutting or shaving strain. These ears are perforated for the receptionof the threaded ends of bolts ll, the

2 shank portions 1 of which are squared and are slidably mounted in theflanged slots.

These headed bolts have mounted thereon wing nuts 8-8, whereby the boltsmay be loosened for adjusting the cutting face of the blade withrelation to the depression 4 of the pad, whereby slices of variousthicknesses of a vegetable may be obtained from the finest shaving toany course thickness.

It is understood that the depression 4 in the bed-pad is formed with anabrupt edge adjacent the blade edge and thereafter said depression isgradually upwardly inclined to merge into the surface of the bed-pad,whereby shavings are delivered under the blade and cleared therefrom bythe inclined surface of said depression.

It is understood that the bed-pad may be stamped or molded from anysuitable material such, for example, as plastic, whereby said utensilmay be supplied in diflerent colors.

It will also be noted that the flanges 3, where they merge into the topflange 2, are cut away in curved formation, whereby the utensil may beconveniently gripped in conjunction with the flared top flange, it beingunderstood that this device, when in use, will rest at an angle upon asuitable dish or container, whereby the slices or shavings will slideoff the face of the bedpad and be deposited in a sanitary condition foruse.

We claim:

In a one-piece slicer of the general type having a flat faced bed-pad,the pad having depending side flanges provided with vertically disposedslots; a. shaving attachment including guide channels associated withthe flange slots, a reinforcing circular rib merged into the sideflanges about the slots, a blade extending across the face of the bedplate having depending ears guided in the channels, and an adjustablebolt carried by the ears engaging the flange slots, and a depression inthe upper surface of the bedpad having an abrupt edge adjacent thecutting edge of the blade, the abrupt edge of the depression beinggradually inclined upwardly to the surface of the bed-pad rearwardly ofthe blade, whereby shavings are freely caused to travel under the bladeand upwardly to the top surface of said bed-pad.

LOUIS T. HEIN. EDWARD G. VON GONTEN.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

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